Biden warns Netanyahu the situation in Gaza is ‘unacceptable’
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“There is no indication that the Monday deaths of the World Central Kitchen workers will result in any significant changes to the Biden administration’s unwavering support of Israel” despite Biden’s condemnation ⁦Matt Viser⁩ ⁦Yasmeen Abutaleb⁩ apple.news/ApJoWXLoCT7mSu…

Biden's rebuke of Israel highlights gap between his toughening rhetoric and ironclad support

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SCOOP: Chef José Andrés 🕊️🥘🍳 tells me Reuters in interview that World Central Kitchen was deliberately targeted while delivering aid to Gaza and says Israel and three United States must do more to get humanitarian aid in. He questioned how the US could supply aid and military support to Israel

Munition dropped right through the World Central Kitchen logo

New: Two right-wing Israeli journalists traveled to Palm Beach, Fla., a little over a week ago, hoping to elicit from Donald J. Trump a powerful expression of support for their country’s war in Gaza.

Instead, one of them wrote that what they heard from Mr. Trump at Mar-a-Lago

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Biden-Netanyahu rift grows

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“I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute.  One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning? … So it would be interesting to check that. So, that, you`re going to have to use medical doctors”

Crucial reporting from Yasmeen Abutaleb John Hudson:
- 3 weeks into the war, Biden officials privately acknowledged Israel was regularly bombing buildings without solid intelligence, while publicly saying US had 'no red lines' for the military campaign.
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During an Oct. 27 meeting at the WH, top Biden officials said Israel was regularly bombing buildings without solid intelligence that they were legitimate military targets. Israel denies the charge, saying the IDF “applies a thorough legal process in the selection of targets'

The Post obtained letters between USAID staff and Atul Gawande, the senior USAID official and famed New Yorker staff writer, grappling with how to stray true to one's values

Some critics, such as Senator Chris Van Hollen, say the admin comes off looking 'feckless': “There have been some incremental changes, but the gap between what the president has called on the Netanyahu government to do and what they’ve actually delivered is huge. It’s a chasm.”

Proponents of the policy argue they have influenced Israel at key moments, persuading it to reduce the # of troops in Gaza, allow in some aid & refrain from a huge escalation against Hezbollah. They note that the average daily death toll has dropped below 100 in recent weeks

Biden’s strategy has rested on a central trade-off: if he showed Israel unequivocal support, he could influence its actions. Some officials now concede the strategy is heading toward failure and are uncertain how the war will end. Deep dive w/ Yasmeen Abutaleb washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Here is the passage where President Biden talks about the death of his son Beau -- and names the exact day that he dies as others jump in to add that it happened in 2015.

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RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — It took 10 years and three rounds of in vitro fertilization for Rania Abu Anza to become pregnant, and only seconds for her to lose her five-month-old twins, a boy and a girl. apnews.com/article/israel…

Biden wins Michigan primary but faces significant showing by ‘uncommitted’ in protest of Gaza war, by Yasmeen Abutaleb Marianne LeVine
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